Sharpie Spring Watercolor Nails YouTube Tutorial!

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Ok.  I'm just gonna say it.  I'm totally addicted to Sharpie manis lol If it were up to me, I'd do a Sharpie mani every ding dong DAY lol!  But I've been stopping myself because seriously, I need to switch it up.  I was feeling like I was in a Spring mood, so I went with some Spring colors and I was so happy with how this came out.  Check out my full length tutorial on YouTube!

This is one of my fav manis that I've ever done!  I'm such a purple fan so combined with the sharpies and vinyls... head = blown haha!

Here is what I used:

- China Glaze White on White - http://www.bit.ly/1QWphx7 ^
- China Glaze In A Lily Bit - http://www.bit.ly/1oT342p ^
- China Glaze Fairy Dust - http://www.bit.ly/1p2Ht6r ^
- Sharpies - http://www.bit.ly/1QWq18i ^
- 91% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol - Any drugstore
- Wax Paper - Any grocery store
- Twinkled T Brush from the Cotton Dandy Nail Art Set - http://www.bit.ly/1RFxBJH ^ *
- Twinkled T #2 Clean-up Brush - http://www.bit.ly/1RFxBJH ^ *
- Twinkled T Square Cyclone Vinyls - http://www.bit.ly/1RFxBJH ^ *
- Square 2mm Nail Jewels - eBay
- HK Girl Top Coat - http://glistenandglow.bigcartel.com/product/hk-girl-fast-drying-super-shiny-top-coat

And totally random, but this mani was completed when my nails were at my fav length.  They only stay my "perfect" length for a couple of days and I'm too lazy to file them a couple times per week haha  I think my nails grow fast but no that fast.  It's so weird how such a minuscule amount of growth can make such a big difference in nail appearance.  Or maybe I'm just crazy, totally possible!

Thank you for checking out my mani!

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Neon Sharpie Heart Stamping Nail Art

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I've been seriously in love with Sharpie manis lately, and I just can't stop lol I love the brightness, how easy they are, and they're just in yo face!  LOVE This was also the second time I tried out the Clear Jelly Stamper that was sent to me for review, and I'm digging it.  Who knew placement could be so damn easy?

Let's get to it.

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I'm all about dat base, dat base...ok old irrelevant joke lol Painted Polish Midnight Mischief has quickly become my fav black base and black stamping polish fo real.  If you are a thick coat painter this is definitely a 1 coater and is crazy opaque for stamping.  I love how with the Clear Jelly Stamper I could really get the composition of those hearts!

To paint with the sharpies, I draw with them onto wax paper and then using 91% Rubbing alcohol aka isopropyl with a brush you can pick up the marker from the wax paper and apply to the nail.  So fun!

Here's what I used for this mani:

-Black - Painted Polish Midnight Mischief
-White - Rica Polish White Out
-Sharpies and 91% rubbing alcohol
-Bursh - Twinkled T Cotton Dandy Brush set - Use code TWISTAR for 10% off!
-Stamp plate - Clear Jelly Stamper CJS V-02
-Stamper - Clear Jelly Stamper
-Top coat - Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat

Have you tried using sharpies for nail art?

Thanks for stopping by!
Angel


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Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station Valentines Day Nail Art

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A while back I received the Mochi Stamping Station from Bundle Monster to review, and I got to try it out before it was released.  Well, it's available now and I definitely love it!  It's changed up how I stamp, specifically reverse stamping and decals for sure!  AND I have a Bundle Monster discount code, use code TWISTAR for 10% off non-sale items at www.BundleMonster.com.

I have 2 manis to share that I made using this stamper, let's check em out!

This pink and white gradient was so super easy to stamp all nails with only 1 stamp pick up with the Mochi Stamper!  I don't know why I didn't know about the tip to use a sticky base coat over your base colors prior to stamping and this helps to pick up dry polish.  Seriously, life changing!  Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic lol Here's what I used for this mani:

-Liquid Latex - Bundle Monster Poli-Peel
-White - China Glaze White on White
-Pink - China Glaze Bottoms Up
-Sticky base coat - American Classic Yellow Stopper
-Fuchsia stamping - China Glaze Don't Desert Me
-Stamp Plate - Bundle Monster BMS-221
-Stamper - Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station
-Top coat - HK Girl Top Coat Glisten & Glow






This second mani shows how I did some reverse stamping using the Mochi Stamper.  OMG!  Again with the life changing lol I seriously suck at applying decals and this is basically like a decal!  Here's what I used for this mani:

-Liquid Latex - Bundle Monster Poli-Peel
-Berry - MAC Cosmetics Past Curfew
-Pink shimmer - Julep Aphrodite
-Sticky base coat - American Classic Yellow Stopper
-White - Bundle Monster Angelic White
-Stamp Plate - Bundle Monster BMS-224 & MBS-225
-Stamper - Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station
-Top coat - HK Girl Top Coat Glisten & Glow

Are you going to check out the Bundle Monster Mochi Stamping Station?

Affiliate code: Use TWISTAR for 10% off non-sale items from www.BundleMonster.com

Thanks for stopping by,
-Angel

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Glisten & Glow Cocktails Anyone Round 2 - holo swatches!

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Today I have some gorgeous holos to share! This is the “Cocktails Anyone? Round 2” from Glisten & Glow. This is the 2nd release for the Cocktails Collection, Jill plans on having this be a progressive collection that she keeps adding on! This set goes on sale 9/4/15 7pm EST at Glisten & Glow. Are you guys even reading this? I’m sure you’ve already moved on to the swatches so let’s get to it!

But first, who remembers “Cocktails” the movie with Tom Cruise?! The tagline has me dying “When he pours, he reigns” WTF kind of crap is that? Haha oh Hollywood!

The Sparkle Kit - We Will Never Be Royals polish box swatch review

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Today I am sharing the next edition of “The Sparkle Kit!” This box is named “We Will Never Be Royals” and the theme should be obvious from the name haha! This box is a collaborative from Lou It Yourself , Got Nail, and Charmed & Dangerous. This is not a subscription box so no commitment! The “We Will Never Be Royals” box releases this Friday 9/4/15 at 10am MDT in the Got Nail shop and will sell for $20 plus shipping. Ok let’s get into this adorable box.

Included in the box you get:
- I See You Baby, Shakin’ That Cash – green teal crème from Lou It Yourself
- Bitch, I’m A Princess – multi-color glitter topper from Lou It Yourself
- Queen B Cuticle Oil – Beyonce Heat Rush perfume inspired from Got Nail
- Mini sheet of diamond stencil and starburst vinyls – from Lou It Yourself
-2 silver jeweled crown charms – from Charmed & Dangerous For the first mani

Gridlock Lacquer Rochester NY Summer 2015 swatches

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Today I’m sharing the newest editions to the Gridlock Lacquer Rochester, NY collection, these 3 polishes are the Summer 2015 colors. These polishes will have Rochester themed names, so if you know anyone from Rochester let them know they’ll be needing these lol I’m obviously a huge neon fan so I was excited to swatch these babies, let’s get to it!

Bundle Monster Squishy Silicone Mega Stamper and Shangri-La Stamp Plate Review

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Above mani features a new stamp plate from Bundle Monster Shangri-La plate BM-S109.

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Today I have a new stamper and plate set from one of my favs Bundle Monster! I’ll be reviewing the Shangri-La 10 Piece Stamp Plate Set and the Mega Stamper & Scraper Set. I have really been loving everything Bundle Monster has been putting out lately, they really speak to my polish soul lol To be honest, they had me at Shangri-La! When I think of Shangri-La I envision an exotic paradise with beautiful rich colors and intricate designs all romantic like. Who doesn’t want that on their nails?! Ok, let’s look at the plates first.

Here are the pics of the plates from Bundle Monster. 10 gorgeously designed plates that are abstract florals and patterns. They have a bit of a tribal or Aztec feel to some of them. These are right up my alley!

Here you can see the quality of the etching, they feel like all the other Bundle Monster plates I have.

Along with the plates I was also sent their new stamper set, the Mega Stamper & Scraper Set. This set is Bundle Monster’s response to the larger squishier stampers that are flooding the nail art scene. It comes with a gray cup shape holder, 2 silicone stamp heads, and 2 credit card style scrapers. The scrapers that came with the stamper are 1mm in thickness just like a credit card. Bundle Monster does sell a .5mm more flexible scraper which I prefer as they give me a better scrape. I used the .5mm scrapers for the above mani and stamp swatches below. The scrapers have images of some of their stamp plates, and I think that’s a great touch! They say “Scrape. Stamp. Swoon.” also an adorable touch.

Gridlock Lacquer Buffalo Summer 2015 Collection swatches

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Hey Everyone! Today I am sharing the Summer 2015 Buffalo Collection from Gridlock Lacquer! I love posting about Gridlock Lacquer because it’s an indie polish brand based in my backyard: Buffalo, NY! GL is also one of the very first indie polish brands I bought and definitely helped get me into buying more indie brands, how cool right? AND I just love that there are polishes inspired by my city! Gridlock Lacquer has other city themed polish lines: Niagara Falls, Rochester, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and the soon to be released Detroit.

You can read more about Gridlock Lacquer in an article that was published in The Buffalo News!  Check it out here: Kaisertown resident’s Gridlock Lacquer puts polish on city. Ok, let’s do this!

Let's start out with a bang, this is my fav from the collection! This is ‘For the Love of Larkin,’ a gorgeous blue toned neon pink. The Larkin Building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright but was demolished in 1950, Larkin Square is right next door. Larkin Square is a pretty hip-happening place these days, you can even find Gridlock Lacquer setting up shop there and check out their awesome polish live and in person! This polish is everything and quite possibly will be on my favorites of 2015 list! Shown here with 3 coats.

For nail art I did some reverse stamping using Winstonia Store stamp plate The Carnival with Bundle Monster Black Noir, and Rica Polish White Out.

MidWest Lacquer For The Love of Grayskull He-Man inspired collection!

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Are you ready for an 80s flashback? I posted these swatches to Instagram @twi_star already and I think a huge amount of my followers weren’t alive in the 80s haha! Anyways, enough of being old, today I have the ‘For the Love of Grayskull’ He-man and She-Ra inspired polish collection from MidWest Lacquer (Vinyl It Up) to show you! This collection releases on Friday, July 24th at 7:00 pm EST. Make sure to follow @vinylitup for more swatches.

Ok let’s travel onward to Castle Grayskull…

Look at how fun these are! I have such fond memories of this show and running around the house pretending to be She-Ra! For all my accent nails I made my own water decals. I used decal transfer paper that I found on amazon, you print the images and then spray a few coats of spray paint clear coat onto the printed sheet. You have to really let them dry for at least a day before applying to your nails and topping with top coat.

August 2015 A Box Indied: Glisten & Glow Veni Vidi Vici

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I’m starting out the week with pink holo lol Today I’m reviewing the Glisten & Glow contribution to the August A Box Indied ‘Veni Vidi Vici.’ This box goes on sale July 26th and can be purchased at Llarowe, follow @aboxindied on Instagram for more swatches and updates! Let’s get started.



This beautiful fuchsia pink holo is ‘Veni Vidi Vici.’ This pic was taken in the sun. It has a stronger holo presence in person and there are silver flakes in there but for some reason they only showed up in pics taken in the shade but are visible in person. This applied really easily, I used 2 smooth coats no issues with application and of course topped with 1 coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat.

Winstonia Store Dotting Tool review and leopard nail art!

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Hopefully this week is treating you well, the weather by me has been so crappy. It’s been raining for about a week straight and it’s not letting up anytime soon. Come on! It’s Summer! I’m supposed to be sitting in my driveway every day after work with a frozen drink and yelling at all the neighborhood kids for leaving their garbage all over my lawn. This is a true story, I’ve actually become this lady lol Hey, just don’t act like an ass outside of my house and leave your trash and we can all exist peacefully. Haha!



Well onto my mani that I’m so in love with. I was sent a new dotting tool from Winstonia Store for review, I was like dotting tool? Why do I need a new dotting tool? But now that I’ve used it I’ve seen the light! It’s actually pretty great and I think they’ve improved the whole dotting experience. It’s a metal double-ended barrel and the tips unscrew from the ends and then can be stored inside of the barrel. It comes with 8 interchangeable tips, so instead of having 4 double-ended dotting tools you can now have one! It’s very well made and has a good weight to it. It feels pretty fancy actually haha The only downside that I could think of, would be if you were in the middle of doing a mani and wanted to switch out a tip you’d have to unscrew one and potentially mess up your in-process mani. But for this mani I only needed to 2 size tips so I just screwed them in before I started. I don’t think I’ve ever needed more than 2 sizes for one design so I don’t see myself running into this problem but I thought it was worth noting.

Winstonia Store sent me a 10% discount code, use code TWISTAR. Pretty clever code right? HA! Love it.



This purple! I reviewed the Color Club Poptastic Pastel Neons HERE and then I also did a bunch of stamping manis with this collection HERE. I’ve been wanting to use ‘Diggin’ The Dancing Queen’ again and leopard seemed purrfect! Like my review said, these polishes got mostly bad reviews BUT I find using 2 coats over 1 coat white undies and they are sooooo pretty! They’re a little thick but sheer but the white undie cancels it all out and they’re worth it to me.

Neon Chevron nails featuring Orly Passion Fruit and Key Lime Twist

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You may see a lot neons from me now that it’s actually Summer in my neck of the woods, prepare yourselves. And I can never just seem to wear a plain neon, I always have to make it crazy and loud and a little obnoxious as if it wasn’t already lol I busted out an untried today, ‘Passion Fruit’ from Orly and paired it with another Orly ‘Key Lime Twist’ because ever since I used a while back it’s been sitting at my polish desk giving me puppy eyes and begging to be used! So I did and I still loves it. Check it out!



In the bottle ‘Passion Fruit’ is a red leaning pink but looks a little more pink on the nail, could be because I used a white undie. It applied easily and smoothly but I think next time I’d do 3 thin layers as opposed to 2 thicker, it looks fine but I think it might look a little nicer with 3 thin coats. It dried to a matte rubbery finish but I topped it with a glossy top coat.

China Glaze Japanese Koi skeleton and Cross mani

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Last night I was swatching more of the Love Angeline Stuck on Love Nail Shields and decided to recycle a couple of the cross nails into this crazy mani. It’s definitely crazy! It combines all the things I love, vinyls, neons, glitter, studs and charms. I don’t think I could have added one more piece to it haha! These are the type of nails that arrive before you do and shout “Look at me! Give me your attention because I’m a needy mani!” Let’s get to it.



This eye blistering safety cone orange is China Glaze ‘Japanese Koi.’ If Japanese Koi were actually this neon I would definitely have a giant pond full of them and give them all names and we’d be BFFs. Love this color! Aren’t China Glaze neon’s the best? I layered 2 coats over1 coat China Glaze ‘White on White.’ ‘Japanese Koi’ has a nice formula, considering it’s a neon, and applied smoothly but I think a white undie is necessary for this one otherwise it will just be that sheer neon with visibile nail line. I don’t mind doing undies. I’m always kind of confused when people say they hate doing a white undie for neons but then will instead just do 4 layers of the neon when they could do 1 undie and 2 coats of the color….. ? For me at least, I end up doing less coats with an undie and I much prefer how they look over white. Why wear a neon when it’s not the brightest neon? I like when a neon is NEON haha! Can I say neon any more times?

Something Blue wedding mani featuring James Allen Ring nail charms

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Today I have my next mani featuring the James Allen Rings nail charms that I received as part of the Preen.Me Preen Me VIP program! Since I’m a weirdo along with my manis I wrote a little fanfiction story of me and a-hem, Damon Salvatore from Vampire Diaries. What? I couldn’t resist! Want to read the first 2 chapters of my story and see the first mani? Check it out Rose Water Decals Wedding Mani Featuring James Allen Rings Nail Charms. Ok let’s get on with the pics.



For the “wedding mani” of my 3 part series, I wanted to go non-traditional because well, I’m a non-traditional kind of girl hehehe. I went with a nude and “something blue” look and actually that’s the name of the blue polish! It’s ‘Something Blue’ from Julep.



Keep reading to find out all the products I used for this mani!

Glisten & Glow Clubbin' Teal Dawn - July 2015 A Box, Indied swatch review!

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Today I have a lovely sparkly holo to share with you! It is ‘Clubbin’ Teal Dawn’ and it’s the Glisten & Glow contribution to the July A Box Indied. A Box, Indied is a monthly polish sub box featuring some of the biggest and hottest brands in the Indie polish world. The July A Box, Indied will be available on June 26th, follow @aboxindied for swatches and updates. When Jill sent this to me she had me at teal lol I always love sporting a good teal color. Once I put this baby on it just felt like Summer in a bottle, taking pics in the sun sure helped! I swatched this one the day before I left for vacation so about 2 weeks ago, I raced home from work because the sun was shining and here in Buffalo, NY you don’t know how long you’ll get sunshine. So while you’re looking at these swatches you can imagine me sitting on my concrete driveway in the front of my house in my business casual work outfit. I wonder if my neighbors saw me, and if they did, what were they thinking? Who cares! Swatch on!

See I told you ‘Clubbin’ Teal Dawn’ was pretty! I’d call it a warm teal aqua holo. This pic was taken in the sun, again imagine me sitting in the middle of my driveway taking this pic hehe. It throws beautiful rainbows and would be a great color to wear to the beach. This is 2 smooth and easy to apply coats. Very good formula and of course topped with HK Girl Top Coat.

China Glaze Rain Dance The Night Away - turquoise and rose gold nails

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Do I have any guy readers? I’d love that lol Today I’m getting back to my nail art swatches of the China Glaze Desert Escape Summer 2015 Collection. You can see all my sans-nail-art-swatches here China Glaze Desert Escape Collection Summer 2015 Swatch Review. I’m always drawn to bright turquoise and blue colors, I’ll wear them all year long without a thought about the season or weather! Who cares when your nails are pretty? And ‘Rain Dance The Night Away’ could be one of my favs in my collection, it’s so bright and crisp and very eye catching. When I had this collection lined up on my swatch station (aka just my desk), RDTNA was next to the rose gold shimmer ‘Meet Me At The Mirage’ and they looked kinda great together so I paired them and wowza, I love the end result. Let’s check it out!

Does this combo look like Summer or what? Do not answer what because you’ll be wrong lol I’m imagining myself wearing this combo with white linen flowy pants, a huge straw hat and some sort of coconut flavored drink…… I’m feeling very How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Taye Diggs ya’ll. Wow what a great daydream haha!

Rose water decals Wedding mani featuring James Allen Rings nail charm

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You know what it's time for right?  Weddings and that means wedding manis!  I'm a "member" of the Preen.Me VIP Program and I had the chance to collaborate with Preen.Me and James Allen Rings to create wedding inspired manis using their replica engagement ring nail charms.  I kinda have a thing for miniatures so I'm totally in love with these little charms!  Ready for some pic spam?!  Ok I warned you.

See, I told you pic spam! Aren't they the cutest lil things ever?  I received 2 nail charms, both made of 14k white and gold and real diamond.  My nails have never been fancier lol  Now I do admit they are a little larger than I prefer for my small nail beds but they are so cute that I got over it lol

MidWest Lacquer End NF Blue Thermal Color Changing Polish tutorial

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Today I’m sharing another thermal from MidWest Lacquer aka Vinyl It Up and this one is soooo BLUE! Love it. Part of the proceeds from ‘End NF’ will be donated to the Children’s Tumor Foundation, nice. I could have asked Lizzie what colors these would change to but I like being surprised haha Turns out this blue turns white so my design layered over white makes it look like the polish disappears! Not something I would have done on purpose but I think it is such a fun look, a happy accident. Ok let’s get to swatches!

Whoah right, it’s so blue! The blue is the cold stage and I think when I was taking thes pics my hands were super cold because the blue is very opaque and bright but right now when I’m more of a normal temperature the blue isn’t as intense. I’m digging watching my mani change throughout the day haha

Here is how the polish transitions from cold to hot. Looks like icicle fingers! I’m thinking this polish would be perfect for a Frozen themed mani.

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MidWest Lacquer Cincy Sunset Thermal Color Changing Polish and Blobbicure Nail Art Tutorial

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Hope you are all doing well and if not well let's just look at polish until we feel better, deal?  Today I'm going to be sharing the first of 3 thermal color changing polishes sent to me for review from MidWest Lacquer aka Vinyl It Up.  Lizzie, the owner of Vinyl It Up, let me know a few months ago that she was working on expanding her line of vinyls to include polish!  I waited patiently for her research and development stage to be over lol  And then I got these babies, yaaaayyyy!  Today we are looking at 'Cincy Sunset' shall we?

And here is 'Cincy Sunset!'  A beautiful coral with pink flakies and gold shimmer that transitions to a warm yellow/peach.  These being my first thermal polishes (I know right?  Crazy, how is this even possible with all the polish I own?), I didn't really know what to expect but this baby blew me away!  Now I know why peeps seem to go so crazy for these, there's just something about them that just takes me back to my childhood when magic color changing toys were in your life.  As adults I don't have anything that changes colors :(  Well this problem is solved haha

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Bundle Monster - First Holo Polish Collection review plus swatch-fest

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Today I have something super fun to share!  Bundle Monster sent me their first Holographic Collection EVER!  How exciting, glad to see this brand getting into the holo polish game.  I love their inexpensive polishes and these are a great option.  Along with my swatches, I did a little stamping over each color using the Bundle Monster Secret Garden plates – check out my review of this set here: Secret Garden Bundle Monster Stamp Plate Review.   Ok, onto swatches!

 

 

 

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